JC6695. Demantoid. Benitoite Gem
mine area, San Benito county, California. 3.5 x 7 cm
70g. $160.00. Sawn back. One of the better pieces of
these I've seen in a while. Crystals up to 6mm. The
crystals are hard to get a true color shot of. They are a lime green
with a hint of yellow/olive to them. The color here is fairly close,
although not exact. Two views are shown.

JC9047. Diopside, melanite.
Serpentine Dome, San Benito county, California. 11 x 19 cm
>1000g. $50.00. 30 or so years ago, these were typical of
the diopside rich zones of melanite in this area. This old timer
generates from that time period, and may date back to the 1960's.
White/cream bladed diopside heavily coats the matrix, with myriads of tiny,
sparkly melanite crystals interspersed throughout. Rare to see
these anymore.

JC9047. Another view.

JC9047. Closer view of left side.

JC9047. Closer view of right side.
Lots of sparkle as tiny white spots on the melanite crystals.

JC8469. I tilted the specimen a
bit to give an idea of its look lying down.

JC7771. Dioptase.
Altyn-Tyube deposit, Kirghiz Steppes, Karagandy Province, Kazakhstan.
5.5 x 6.5 cm 98g. $150.00. Nice sharp crystals in an
etched calcite matrix. Most commonly the dioptase crystals from here
are buried in calcite and the calcite has to be etched away to reveal the
dioptase crystals, as in this specimen.
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